diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index d244c0edd37..4eec2d379e3 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2003-08-03 Mark Mitchell + + * README.SCO: New file. + 2003-08-01 Matt Kraai * Makefile.tpl (check, check-c++): Express dependencies using diff --git a/README.SCO b/README.SCO new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f86b82b689c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.SCO @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +As all users of GCC will know, SCO has recently made claims concerning +alleged copyright infringement by recent versions of the operating +system kernel called Linux. SCO has made irresponsible public +statements about this supposed copyright infringement without +releasing any evidence of the infringement, and has demanded that +users of Linux, the kernel most often used with the GNU system, pay +for a license. This license is incompatible with the GPL, and in the +opinion of the Free Software Foundation such a demand unquestionably +violates the GNU General Public License under which the kernel is +distributed. + +We have been urged to drop support for SCO Unix from this release of +GCC, as a protest against this irresponsible aggression against free +software and GNU/Linux. However, the direct effect of this action +would fall on users of GCC rather than on SCO. For the moment, we +have decided not to take that action. The Free Software Foundation's +overriding goal is to protect the freedom of the free software +community, including developers and users, but we also want to serve +users. Protecting the community from an attack sometimes requires +steps that will inconvenience some in the community. Such a step is +not yet necessary, in our view, but we cannot indefinitely continue to +ignore the aggression against our community taken by a party that has +long profited from the commercial distribution of our programs. We +urge users of SCO Unix to make clear to SCO their disapproval of the +company's aggression against the free software community. We will +have a further announcement concerning continuing support of SCO Unix +by GCC before our next release.